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Force Date/Time Synchronization
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<blockquote data-quote="jenfossi" data-source="post: 1326414" data-attributes="member: 223542"><p>(first time poster!)</p><p></p><p>I manage several hundred Macs (OSx10.6) that bind to AD. Many are having issues losing time synchronization to our AD time sync server. </p><p></p><p>Is there a way to to push out a login script (before user logs in) that will force time synchronization to our server or time.apple.com? Currently when Mac's lose the time sync, the user can't login. I then have to login as administrator, check the box to sync time and then all is well.</p><p></p><p>I have a UNIX command I created that does what I want, but not sure how to push the command out to all users. We use Xserver (workroup manager) to push out settings, can I push out a login script from there? If so, how do I save the .txt document with the UNIX command? </p><p></p><p>Sorry, new to scripting!</p><p></p><p>Here is the script I wrote:</p><p></p><p>#!/bin/sh</p><p># Turn on or off using network time.</p><p></p><p>systemsetup -setusingnetworktime on</p><p></p><p>#Primary Time server</p><p>TimeServer1=10.6.6.1</p><p>#Secondary Time server</p><p>TimeServer2=time.apple.com</p><p></p><p># Set the primary network server with systemsetup -setnetworktimeserver</p><p># Using this command will clear /etc/ntp.conf of existing entries and</p><p># add the primary time server as the first line.</p><p>/usr/sbin/systemsetup -setnetworktimeserver $TimeServer1</p><p></p><p># Add the secondary time server as the second line in /etc/ntp.conf</p><p>echo "server $TimeServer2" >> /etc/ntp.conf[/I][/I]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jenfossi, post: 1326414, member: 223542"] (first time poster!) I manage several hundred Macs (OSx10.6) that bind to AD. Many are having issues losing time synchronization to our AD time sync server. Is there a way to to push out a login script (before user logs in) that will force time synchronization to our server or time.apple.com? Currently when Mac's lose the time sync, the user can't login. I then have to login as administrator, check the box to sync time and then all is well. I have a UNIX command I created that does what I want, but not sure how to push the command out to all users. We use Xserver (workroup manager) to push out settings, can I push out a login script from there? If so, how do I save the .txt document with the UNIX command? Sorry, new to scripting! Here is the script I wrote: #!/bin/sh # Turn on or off using network time. systemsetup -setusingnetworktime on #Primary Time server TimeServer1=10.6.6.1 #Secondary Time server TimeServer2=time.apple.com # Set the primary network server with systemsetup -setnetworktimeserver # Using this command will clear /etc/ntp.conf of existing entries and # add the primary time server as the first line. /usr/sbin/systemsetup -setnetworktimeserver $TimeServer1 # Add the secondary time server as the second line in /etc/ntp.conf echo "server $TimeServer2" >> /etc/ntp.conf[/I][/I] [/QUOTE]
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